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SB 6-01-02 HON 1976-05-06 Know Krishna...or No Way Out

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ANNOUNCER: The following is a class
on the <i>Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam</i>, 6th canto,

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1st chapter, text number 2,

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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,

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recorded on May 6th,
1976, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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PRABHUPĀDA: Parīkṣit Mahārāja is
trying to understand <i>pravṛtti</i> and <i>nivṛtti</i>.

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<i>Pravrtti</i> means here in this material
world, anyone who has come,

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beginning from Lord Brahmā
down to the small ant,

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they have come on account of
<i>pravṛtti</i>, means for enjoying sex.

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This is material world.

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So long one will be engaged in sense
enjoyment in different varieties,

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he will have to remain
within this material world.

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Kṛṣṇa is so kind.

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We wanted to enjoy
this material world.

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Therefore He has given us
full chance: “Yes, you enjoy.”

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Kṛṣṇa does not want that you
should enjoy this material world.

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That is not He… Sometimes
the foolish men,

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they say that “Kṛṣṇa has given us… Ah
given us this facility for sense enjoyment.

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Why we shall not take it?”

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Sometimes the so-called
<i>ṛṣis</i> and yogis, they also say,

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“Yes, when you have got the
senses, it is meant for enjoyment.

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Why it should be stopped?”

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Yes.

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Because… Really it
has to be stopped.

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If you want real life of eternal
enjoyment, then you have to stop.

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If you don’t stop,
then you remain here.

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<i>Bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate</i> [Bg. 8.19].

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You have to take birth according to
your desire, either as Brahmā or as ant,

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as a cat, as a dog, as demigod,
and according to your capacity,

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Kṛṣṇa will give you: “All right,

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<i>ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs
tathaiva bhajāmy aham</i> [Bg. 4.11].

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If you want from Kṛṣṇa sense
enjoyment, He will give you all facilities.

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But Kṛṣṇa does not want.

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Kṛṣṇa said, <i>sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ…</i> [Bg. 18.66]

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That is His mission,

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that “You will never be happy in
this process of <i>pravṛtti-mārga</i>.

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<i>Kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kāre
pāsate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhāre</i> [Cc?].

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<i>Māyā</i> means the condition in which
I enjoy material sense gratification.

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That is called <i>māyā</i>.

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<i>māyā jāpaṭiyā dhāre Jāpaṭiyā dhāre</i> means
catches, catches: “All right, come on.”

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There are two things:
light and darkness.

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If you remain in light,
there is no darkness,

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and if you prefer to remain
in darkness, there is no light.

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Two things are there.

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So <i>māyā</i> is darkness,
and Kṛṣṇa is light.

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That is our motto in
the <i>Back to Godhead</i>.

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“Godhead is light and
darkness is nescience.

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Where there is God,
there is no darkness.”

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This is our position.

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So <i>Pravṛtti lakṣaṇaś caiva
traiguṇya viṣayo mune</i> [SB 6.1.2].

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This is <i>pravṛtti</i>.

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There are different <i>pravṛttis</i>.

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Sometimes some animal
wants to eat something,

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another animal wants to eat
another thing, but that is <i>pravṛtti</i>.

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Just like the hog: he
is satisfied with stool.

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That is also eatable.

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And an enlightened human being,
he is satisfied with nice <i>halavā</i>.

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So this is <i>pravṛtti</i>.

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Therefore it is said, <i>Pravṛtti lakṣaṇaś
caiva traiguṇya viṣayo veda</i> [SB 6.1.2].

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<i>Traiguṇya</i>, according
to modes of nature.

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One is is in the
modes of goodness,

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his foodstuff is different from the
person in the modes of ignorance.

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Therefore we find so many varieties
of foodstuff, varieties of taste.

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This is all within
this material world.

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It is not that…

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Sometimes this morning we were talking
about vegetarian and nonvegetarian.

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Our mission is not to make a
nonvegetarian a vegetarian. No.

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Our mission is that “Either you
are vegetarian or nonvegetarian,

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it doesn’t matter.

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You become Kṛṣṇa conscious.”

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That is our mission.

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To become vegetarian is
not very good qualification.

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It is better than the nonvegetarian,
but that is not the ultimate solution.

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The ultimate solution is when
you become a lover of God.

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That is ultimate solution.

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So we are not preaching
this vegetarianism.

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Just like there are Jains or many
other religious system, Buddhism.

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They are after making
people vegetarian.

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But the law of nature is that one living
entity is the food for another living entity.

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That is the law of nature.

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You will find even in the lower
animals, they are eating one another.

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That is the law of nature.

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<i>Ahastāni sahastānām
apadāni catuṣ-padām</i> [?].

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This is the law of nature.

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<i>Ahastāni</i>, one who has no hands, he
is the food… They are all animals.

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The animal which has no hands… Just like
goats and others: they have only legs.

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So they are food for
the animals with hands.

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<i>ahastāni sahastānām</i>
That is the law of nature.

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<i>apadāni catuṣ-padām</i> The
animals which has no leg—

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that means which cannot move…
The plants, the grass, the trees,

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they cannot move.

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They have got leg, but
they cannot move.

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Their legs are made for eating.

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As your mouth is made for eating, the
trees… Therefore they are called <i>pada-pa</i>.

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They drink water by the leg.

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This is God’s creation.

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You cannot think that how it is
possible to drink water by the leg,

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but it is God’s creation. You see.

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You pour water on the leg of the tree:
It becomes very luxuriant, healthy.

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So different.

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And so far God is concerned,
He can eat with legs.

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He can see with hands.

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He can eat with eyes.

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That is God. That is God.

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<i>Añgāni yasya
sakalendriya-vṛttimanti</i>

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<i>paśyanti pānti kalayanti
ciraṁ jaganti</i> [Bs 5.32].

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<i>Añgāni</i>, that is transcendental.
He is not under any rule.

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He is not under any rule.

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If you say, “Why Kṛṣṇa
is eating by the eyes?”

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Yes, that is Kṛṣṇa.

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That is Kṛṣṇa.

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If you offer something, Kṛṣṇa,
simply by seeing, He is eating.

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That is Kṛṣṇa.

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And again if you say, “If He is
eating, why the plate is full?”

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that is Kṛṣṇa.

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<i>Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam
evāvaśiṣyate</i> [Īśo Invocation].

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Kṛṣṇa is not a hungry man like me,
that “If you give Me something,

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I will eat everything, finished.” No.

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Kṛṣṇa can take the whole plate;
still it will remain the whole plate,

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for giving <i>prasādam</i>.

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So try to understand
Kṛṣṇa in this way.

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And if you actually understand
Kṛṣṇa, you are liberated immediately.

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<i>Janma karma ca divyaṁ me
yo jānāti tattvataḥ</i> [Bg. 4.9].

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How Kṛṣṇa eats, how Kṛṣṇa thinks,

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how Kṛṣṇa works, if you
understand all these things,

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then immediately you
become liberated.

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<i>Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti</i> [Bg. 4.9].

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You immediately become.

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The only thing is we are
rotting in this material world

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because we do not know Kṛṣṇa.

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That is the… You’ll not be admitted in the
spiritual kingdom unless you know Kṛṣṇa,

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what He is.

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And as soon as you understand
Kṛṣṇa, you are fit—“Come on.”

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<i>Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
naiti mām eti kaunteya</i> [Bg. 4.9].

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And as soon as you go,

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<i>Yad gatvā na nivartante tad
dhāma paramaṁ mama</i> [Bg. 15.6].

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Everything is explained.

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And therefore Kṛṣṇa comes.

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We have got <i>pravṛtti</i> to
enjoy this material world.

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Kṛṣṇa comes personally,
that “This will not help you.”

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He comes personally:
“You give up this habit.

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You simply surrender to Me.

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I will take you back to
home, back to Godhead.”

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This is… <i>Pravṛttir eṣāṁ bhūtānāṁ
nivṛttes tu mahā-phalam</i> [?].

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We are inclined to enjoy
this material world,

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but if we stop this material
enjoyment, we are fit for spiritual life.

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That is the philosophy.

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Therefore Kṛṣṇa says in the <i>Bhagavad-
gītā</i> that, <i>aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā</i>.

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<i>Aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā
dharmasyāsya parantapa</i>

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<i>aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-
saṁsāra-vartmani</i> [Bg. 9.3].

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<i>aśraddadhānāḥ</i> What Kṛṣṇa is speaking
in the <i>Bhagavad-gītā</i>, if we take it,

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“Let Kṛṣṇa speak.

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I am not going to
accept anything…”

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<i>aśraddadhānāḥ</i> There is no
faith in the words of Kṛṣṇa.

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<i>aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣa dharmasyāsya</i> “The
religious system which I am speaking.”

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What is that?

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<i>sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ
śaraṇaṁ</i> [Bg. 18.66] This religion.

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So if one is neglectful, does not like
this proposal, then what is the result?

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<i>aprāpya mām</i> “He’ll never get Me.”

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<i>Aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-
saṁsāra-vartmani</i> [Bg. 9.3].

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Then he will have to continue this process,
<i>Mṛtyu-saṁsāra vartmani</i> [Bg. 9.3].

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He’ll take birth, again die,
again take birth, again die.

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That will continue.

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<i>Mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani</i> [Bg. 9.3].

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So, <i>Pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaś caiva
traiguṇya-viṣayo mune</i>

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<i>yo ’sāv alīna-prakṛter guṇa-
sargaḥ punaḥ punaḥ</i> [SB 6.1.2].

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So we have to give up this
habit that “I am master.

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I can enjoy, and I can
do. I am independent.”

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You have to give up this habit.

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Then you will be eligible for going
back to home, back to Godhead.

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Thank you very much.

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DEVOTEES: <i>Jaya</i> Śrīla Prabhupāda.

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